Agent&#39;s ticket-punching machine.



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AGENTS TICKET PUNGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FIL D .21. 1905.

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A. D. JOSLIN.

' AGENTS TICKET PUNGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21. 1905.

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No. 806,262. PATENTED DEG. 5, 1905.

A. D, JosLIN. AGENT'S TICKET EUNGEING MACHINE.

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ALEXANDER D.` .IOSLIN, VOF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. AGENT=S TICKET-PuNci-lme MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application ne@ January 21,19o5. Serial No. 242.079.

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Be it known that I, ALEXANDER D. J osLIN a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Agents Ticket-Punching Machines, of which the following is a specification.'

In combination with the ticket shown herein this invention is designed to furnish a superior means of conducting ticket sales at railroad-stations. vof keeping on hand a large stock of different forms of tickets in order to make sales to any and all stations on the line and at the same time it imparts to the tickets the most approvedfeatures designed to prevent fraud by outside parties, as it is adapted to indicateV upon the ticket by one operation all the various particulars required as to date of sale, class or kind of ticket, and the approximate rate at which it is sold, and these indications are made in such a way as to render them f practicallyv unalterable.

The invention is adapted to punch the date of sale on one margin of each coupon and 1agents stub andto make a similar cancellation of the class, rate, and possibly other data,

onl the ropposite margin of the ticket, .while the ticket coupon and stub are folded on transverse tearing-lines, so that the 'agent is able to prepare the ticket quickly and sepa-y rate it from the stub, and the ticket thus iso lent manipulation. l

sued will be little liable to subsequent fraudu- The punches made upon tion, as asidefrom the great difficulty of pluggingthe margin-of a ticket bearing punched recesses any plugglng of such recesses on `the tearing on'folded lines would-surely be discovered by the conductor when he separates the coupon from the ticket upon presentation to Vhim for passage. The punching of the date of sale obviates the use of the common dating-stamp and is more convenient for auditing than the dating-stamp impression,'as the latter is usually placed on the backof the ticket.- Furthermore, as local tickets are generally limited to continuous passage, commencing on the date stamped on the back, the changing of the `stamped impression, which is not at'all difficult, is all one-way or round-trip passage.

It obviates the necessityv each cancellation by the invention show as.

that is necessary to make the ticket good for any later date desired.

My invention is intended, primarily, for use in connection with local tickets for either v The ticket shown here is of the kind known as "traincheck or auditors-stubone-way or single-passage ticket, inasmuch as it provides a contract-coupon or auditor-stub to be taken up by the ijrst conductor. This coupon or stub being a counterpart ofthe succeeding passage-cou pon or train-check which covers the passage through to destination is returned to the audltors oice and Insures a proper check on theselling agent in case the pas-v sage-check or train-coupon does not come in.

The accompanying drawings show at Figure 1 a side elevation of my improved punching-machine. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section. Figs. 3 and 4 are sections on thelines 3 3 and 4 4, respectively, ofl Fig. 2. F ig. 5 is a horizontal section. Fig. 6v is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5. A Fig. 7 is a transverse section of the operatinglever. Fig-8 is'a partial side elevation enlarged and partly in section. Fig. 9 shows the ticket in an extended'or unfolded condition, and Fig.

lOvshows it as folded. Figs. 11 and 12 are sections, and Fig. laside elevation, of one -of the punches.

In said drawings, 10 represents avframe rectangular in shape-and supportinga casing 11, in which the operating parts ofthe machine of the invention'are located. The casscrews 12,` passing through thel corner-columns 13, cast upon the casing, into similar columns upon the frame. The ticket, which is Vfirst folded as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 6, and

10, is-inserted into the casing at the opening 14, formed between an upper plate 15, movthereto by 'screws 17 lThe entrance to the opening is at the'end of the machine and is provided with an-outward-projecting shelf at.

in readiness to be operated upon by the machine, the ticket andopening corresponding in' size and shape. The end of plate 15 at the end where the ticket enters is preferably turned4 up, as shown in the drawings, in order .that the ticket may not be caught by it. f lOn .9'0 ing is secured'yto the frame'lO by vertical `aloly'attaehed to plate 28, and a lower plate l 16, supported upon the frame and secured Ioo IIO

top of the casing is a lever 20, mounted upon and rigid with a pivot 21 and having a camslot 22 formed in its base, engaging a pin 23, preferably provided with a bushing 24 and supported upon uprights 25, formed on or attached to a longitudinal bar 26. This bar is supported at its ends upon toggles 27, and the movement imparted to the bar by the cam-lever is adapted to straighten the toggles, and thereby to depress the plate 28, which is vertically movable within the casing and is fitted to its interior. movably secured in the plate 28 and at their upper ends above said plate are provided with nuts 30. Between the plates 15 and 28 and surrounding the pins are springs 31, adapted to press downward the plate 15, thereby compressing the folds of the ticket, so that it will pass freely between the jaws of the sliding punches. Along each of its longitudinal sides the movable plate 28 is slotted upon its under side with T-shaped slots, (shown at 33,) and movably positioned in each of these slots are male dies of the punches by which the desired data are punched in the ticket. Two companion dies 34 and 35, supported in a head 36, fitting the slot, are preferably employed in each punch. Of these the larger one 34 is located so as to punch the folded edge of the ticket, and the smaller one makes a minute opening in the body of the ticket in innmediate proximity to the recess formed by the larger one. This double feature of the punch is not essential to the main feature of the invention; but it is .desirable because of the additional security it affords against fraud and because it indicates the location of the larger punched recess in the margin of the ticket should lthe same be torn off. The lower ends of said dies are fitted into correspondingly shaped and sized vertical openings in the female dies 37, as plainly shown at Fig. 6, and these latter dies also serve as a means of adjusting the punches longitudinally of the ticket, as they are themselves movable and carry the male dies along with them. Thus, as seen in Fig. 8, one of the dies 37 is adjusted with its pointer 45 at the figure "9, so that the punch of which said die forms a part will operate opposite that figure upon the ticket; but it may be moved so as to bring the pointer under any other figure. The under edges of the casing are recessed, as shown at 38, and the dies 37 are provided with springpins 39, adapted to engage these recesses and to stop the punches in their adjusted positions, there being one of the'recesses 38 for each position to which the several punches may be moved. The body or frame of the dies 37 projects outside of the machine, so that they may be conveniently taken hold of by the ticket agent and adjusted to any desired position, and they move between the bottom edge of the casing and the top edge of the frame and are confined in position by the in- Centering-pins 29 are y dicating-plates 40, which are located above the dies, and guide-plates 41, located below them, these plates entering slots formed in the body of' the dies 37 above and below, as plainly shown at Figs. 3 and 6. At their inner ends the dies 37 are slotted horizontally in the plane of the opening 14, as seen at 46, so that the margin of the ticket can enter them, and thus be in position under the dies 34 and 35. That portion of the dies 37 below the slots 46 acts as a countering device to said dies 34 and 35. The latter are preferably provided with ledges 47, extending under the plate 16, to prevent tipping and too much friction of punch -head in the T-slots of plate 28.

From the description above given it will be seen that the punches employed in my machine, of which seven are shown, (there may be more or less,) each consists of a T-head carrying the plungers or male dies and a lower slotted body or frame, the slot dividing the body or frame into upper and lower jaws 48 and 49, both provided with openings to receive the plungers, so that the upper jaw serves as a guide to the plungers and the lower jaw as a counter-die, the T-head in which the plungers are fixed being movably inserted in a longitudinal slot in the head-plate, which is raised and lowered by the lever. The sides of the punch-jaws 48 and 49, upon which the ticket first enters, is beveled, as clearly shown at Fig. 11, so that it not only will not catch the ticket, but, on the contrary, will guide it in its inward movement into the slot 46 between the jaws. rlhe vertical wall at the back of the slot positions the ticket so that the larger plunger cuts out only about two-thirds of its diameter from the edge of the ticket, thus forming notches in the margin instead of holes in the body ol the ticket.

Below the punches the supporting-frame is recessed longitudinally, as plainly shown, and in these recesses are fitted removable drawers 42, adapted to catch the punchings from the tickets. These drawers are provided at one end with knobs 43, whereby they may be drawn out and emptied. The plates 40 are provided with the indicating figures or other characters desired and to correspond with or serve as an index to those upon the ticket, so that by adjusting the punches to the proper figure or character the ticket will be punched at the corresponding figure or character; but the same figures upon the plate may be used to indicate the different things on different tickets. The cam-lever is provided with retracting-springs 44, as shown at Fig. 7.

rlhe ticket used with this pu nching-i'nachine is preferably that indicated at Figs. 9 and 10 and consists of three sections, one section forming the agents stub, another the traincheck, and another the contract-coupon. Upon one side ofthe agents stub there are figures and characters indicating the year, mouth,

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A. and the days of the month,` and on the other 'side may be printed-words indicating the class of fare and figures representingapprokimately the amount of fare paid. Upon the edge, which is joinedto the agents stub, the traincheck is provided with indicia of the class and of the approximate amount of fare vcorresponding to `those on the agents stub, and

; upon the side to which the contract-coupon is have been made, as seen at Fig. 9.

attached the train-check is printed with the year, the month, and the day of the month. The contract-coupon, at the side by which it is joined to thecheck, is provided with the same marks as those upon the yadjacent edge of the check, while upon its other edge it is provided with class-indicators and ligures representing the approximate amount of fare.

Afterbeing folded at theudivision-lines bevtween the. sections, as shown in the drawings,.

the ticket is inserted lengthwise in the opening 14 inthe machine' and the cam-lever is operated, and when taken out and unfoldedv the perforationsin the dierent sections will For convenience I have indicated the agents stub at `50, the train-check at 51, and the contractcoupon at 52.' The larger punch makes the opening 53 andthe smaller one the openings it may contain additional sections and be goodvv for a round trip.' The ticket. shown is designed to have the destination written in the various sections; but tickets with printed destinations may be used, in which case the auditors stub or contractcou pon and the agents stub, either or both, may be dispensed with. While it is not necessary .that the ticket'contain a plurality of sections or divisions or that it be folded when punched, it is desirable thatl the data to be recordedby thepunches be arranged along its margin, so lthat theV punchings formed by the machine may be .open upon one side, and thus prevent plugging of same. l

It will be noted thatv the machine is adapted by a single stroke of a single lever to'impart i to the ticket a large variety of data very essential in the keeping of accounts with the agents and conductors and that it lpermits such changes in the machineas are necessary to enable it to record the data in an instant of time.` It will also be noted that the sections or divisions of`theticket are all of the same size, so that the folded ticket agreeswith them in its dimensions, and the machine for punching the ticket is not required to be changed. It will still further be noted that the opening in the machine, in which the ticket is inserted, is shallow vertically, so that eoaaez,

the ticket is as closely confined therein as is consistent with its easy insertion.

1 claim- 1. The machine for punching railroad-ticklets, having an opening in which the ticket may,l

justable' lengthwise of the same, and a lever whereby all the punches may be operated at the same stroke.l

3. The machine for punching railroad-tickets, having an opening in which the ticket may be inserted bodily, two series of-punches, each f' ofsaid `series being adapted to operate on one of the margins of the ticket and each individual punch being independently adjustable lengthwise ofthe same, a vertically-movable plate supporting thel punches, and a lever operating" the' plate.

4. The machine for punching railroad-tickets, having an openingin which the ticket may be inserted bodily, punches arranged to operate on the margins of the ticket and adjustable lengthwise of the same both individuallyl andv independently, a vertically-movable plate supporting the punches anda cam-lever andv toggles for operating 'said plate.

5. The machine for punching railroad-tickets, having an opening inwhich the ticket may v be inserted bodily, punches arranged to operate on the margins of the ticketA and adjustable lengthwise of the same, a vertically-movable plate ksupporting the male dies of the punches, a cam-lever and toggles for operating the plate and a spring-pressed plate for compressing the ticket.

6. The machine for punching railroad-tickets, having an opening in which the ticket may be inserted bodily, punches arranged to operatev onthe margins of the ticket and adjust- IOO able lengthwise of the sanne, a vertically-mov- I able plate supporting the male dies of the punches, a cam-lever and toggles for operating the plate, and a spring for returning Vthe lever and lifting the supporting-plate.

7. The machine for punching railroad-tickets, having a recess or openingV in which the ticket may be :inserted bodily, a series of punches for punching the date or other 'data 'in the ticket,a vertically-movabler support in its actuating means, of the male dies slidably supported in the plate, and slidable countering-dies extending to the outside of the machine, and having openings at their inner ends to receive the male dies.

9; The combination With a surrounding casing the vertically-movableslotted plate and its actuating means, of the male dies slidably supported in the plate, and slidable countering-dies extending to theoutside of the machine and having openings at their inner ends to receive the male dies and also having hori- Zontal slots admitting the tickets below the male dies.

10. The ticket-punching machine having a surrounding casing provided with an opening in which the ticket may be inserted bodily, and punching mechanism located within the casing and embracing dies with horizontal slots for admitting the tickets, the entrances to said slots being beveled to insure the entrance of the tickets.

11. A machine for punching tickets having a casing, provided with an opening to admit the body of the ticket, punching devices for punching the edge of the ticket and adjustable along such edge, said devices consisting of a main punch` a safety-punch in proximity thereto, and countering-dies.

12. The railroad-ticket-punching machine wherein are combined a surrounding `casing and a series of punching devices located Within the casing and adjustable from the outside thereof, the casing having an openingadapted to admit the ticket and thc punching devices being arranged to operate upon the edge of the ticket.

13. The railroad-ticket-punching machine wherein are combined a surrounding casing and a series of punching devices located within the casing and independently adjustable from the outside thereof, the casing having an opening admitting the ticket, and the punching devices being arranged to operate on the edge of the ticket.

14C. The railroad-ticket-punching machine wherein are combined a surrounding casing and a series of punching devices located within the casing and indeiiiendently :uljustahle 'from the outside thereof, the machine having an opening admitting the ticket and in which it is closely coniined, and the punching devices hcing ar anged to operate on the edge of the ticket.

15. The railroad-ticket-puncl1ing machine having a series of main or large punches for punching the date or other data desired` each of said punches beingaccompanied by a small punch adapted to form a safety-opening near the punching made by the large punch.

ALEXANDER D. J OSLIN.

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, EDW. S. EvARTs. 

